Opening Bell: December 17, 2025
December 17, 2025 • 2m 2s
David Faber (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
00:00.390
celebrating
the
IPO
and
medline
provider
of
medical
surgical
products
biggest
of
the
year
CEO
on
swap
earlier
today
we
got
some
volume
in
the
room
today
joe
Jim Cramer (Host of Mad Money and Squawk on the Street)
00:14.910
like
excitement
in
some
sense
these
are
this
is
an
interesting
company
and
said
i
like
a
deal
that's
not
priced
well
above
and
goes
crazy
but
it's
also
let's
not
forget
a
PE
deal
and
they're
they're
they
need
these
deals
to
come
public
and
they
have
to
have
some
winners
? (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
00:30.750
they
do
obviously
typically
in
a
PE
deal
you
will
raise
money
and
you
will
pay
down
debt
that
was
a
that
was
associated
with
the
take
private
itself
it's
only
four
years
since
they
went
private
a
very
strong
deal
for
the
sponsors
though
in
terms
of
where
it's
coming
public
? (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
00:42.550
medline
and
the
valuation
and
then
you
would
monetize
that
overtime
as
well
once
you
have
that
public
equity
but
you're
right
we
have
been
waiting
to
see
PE
firms
get
some
exits
so
they
can
start
to
actually
put
some
money
to
work
again
as
well
because
a
lot
of
their
funds
? (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
00:59.670
people
are
saying
well
give
me
some
you
know
i
i
invested
seven
years
ago
and
fund
whatever
and
i
haven't
gotten
my
returns
yet
really
on
it
so
before
i
put
in
money
in
the
next
one
Jim Cramer (Host of Mad Money and Squawk on the Street)
01:09.150
yeah
and
the
stocks
there's
stocks
have
been
bad
so
they
need
this
i
mean
i
think
that
they
versus
just
the
versus
golfing
yeah
versus
city
which
has
been
a
great
investment
so
it's
good
to
see
them
maybe
getting
the
plus
car
yeah
we
were
at
David Faber (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
01:25.470
goldman
yesterday
they're
a
lead
on
medline
terrific
interview
yeah
good
they're
they're
actually
pretty
constructive
on
next
year
jim
as
they
have
been
for
most
of
the
year
speaking
of
which
december
we're
slightly
red
and
there
is
some
chatter
that
if
santa
is
going
to
show
David Faber (Co-anchor of Squawk on the Street)
01:38.790
he's
got
limited
time
santa
Jim Cramer (Host of Mad Money and Squawk on the Street)
01:40.310
's
got
to
show
real
soon
like
today
i
mean
this
is
the
day
where
typically
where
santa
starts
showing
i'm
not
going
to
bet
against
this
market
now
that
i
just
want
to
see
discipline
in
the
one
aspect
of
the
market
that
it
calls
me
which
is
the
desire
to
keep
the
balls
in
the
air
Jim Cramer (Host of Mad Money and Squawk on the Street)
01:56.910
on
the
one
point
four
trillion
dollar
commitment
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